Monsoon-influenced variation in productivity and lithogenic sediment flux since 110ka in the offshore Mahanadi Basin, northern Bay of Bengal

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 58, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 502-525

  Phillips, Stephen C ^a   Johnson, Joel E ^a   Giosan, Liviu ^b   Rose, Kelly ^c  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

C4 plant; Calcium carbonate; Grain size; Indian Ocean; Magnetic susceptibility; Mass accumulation rate; Organic carbon; Zr Rb

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914159348     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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